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和墮云慕

耶紗慕禰

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Stamford      Brigg    and   Hastings    showed     full  well。    English     swine�察  �their 

Norman conquerors called them often enough�察�but never English cowards。 

Their ruinous vice�察�if we are to trust the records of the time�察�was what the 

old monks called accidia��Greek text�А�and ranked it as one of the seven 

deadly     sins�此    �a   general    careless�察  �sleepy�察  �fortable      habit   of  mind�察�

which   lets   all   go   its   way   for   good   or   evila   habit   of   mind   too   often 

acpanied�察  �as   in   the   case   of   the   Angle´Danes�察  �with   self´indulgence�察�

often coarse enough。          Huge eaters and huger drinkers�察�fuddled with ale�察�

were  the  men   who   went down   at   Hastingsthough they  went down  like 

heroesbefore the staid and sober Norman out of France。 

     But those were fearful times。          As long as William lived�察�ruthless as he 

was to all rebels�察�he kept order   and did justice with a strong and steady 

hand�察�for he brought with him from Normandy the instincts of a truly great 

statesman。      And in his sons' time matters grew worse and worse。                   After 

that�察  �in   the   troubles   of   Stephen's   reign�察  �anarchy   let   loose   tyranny   in   its 

most fearful form�察�and things were done which recall the cruelties of the 

old     Spanish     CONQUISTADORES                in   America。        Scott's    charming 

romance of ;Ivanhoe; must be taken�察�I fear�察�as a too true picture of English 

society in the time of Richard I。 

     And what came of it all�拭          �What was the result of all this misery and 

wrong�拭�

     This�察�paradoxical as it may seem�此              �That the Norman conquest was 

the making of the English people�察�of the Free mons of England。 

     Paradoxical�察�but   true。      First�察  �you   must   dismiss   from   your   minds   the 

too   mon   notion   that   there   is   now�察  �in   England�察  �a   governing   Norman 



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aristocracy�察�or that there has been one�察�at least since the year 1215�察�when 

Magna      Charta    was   won    from    the  Norman      John   by   Normans      and   by 

English      alike。     For     the   first  victors    at   Hastings�察    �like   the   first 

conquistadores   in   America�察  �perished�察  �as   the   monk   chronicles   point   out�察�

rapidly by their own crimes�察�and very few of our nobility can trace their 

names back to the authentic Battle Abbey roll。               The great majority of the 

peers   have   sprung   from�察  �and   all   have   intermarried   with�察  �the   mons�察�

and the peerage has been from the first�察�and has bee more and more as 

centuries have rolled on�察�the prize of success in life。 

     The cause is plain。       The conquest of England by the Normans was not 

one of those conquests of a savage by a civilised race�察�or of a cowardly 

race by  a   brave race�察  �which   results in   the slavery of   the   conquered�察  �and 

leaves the gulf of caste between two racesmaster and slave。                    That was 

the case in France�察�and resulted�察�after centuries of oppression�察�in the great 

and dreadful revolution of 1793�察�which convulsed not only France but the 

whole civilised world。 But caste�察�thank God�察�has never existed in England�察�

since at least the first generation after the Norman conquest。 

     The vast majority�察�all but the whole population of England�察�have been 

always free�察  �and   free�察  �as they  are   not   where   caste   exists   to   change their 

occupations。       They   could     intermarry�察   �if  they   were   able  men�察   �into  the 

ranks above them�察�as they could sink�察�if they were unable men�察�into the 

ranks below them。          Any man acquainted with the origin of our English 

surnames   may  verify  this   fact   for himself�察�by  looking at   the names   of   a 

single parish or a single street of shops。 There�察�jumbled together�察�he will 

find names marking the noblest Saxon or Angle bloodKenward or Kenric�察�

Osgood or Osborne�察�side by side with Cordery or Banisternow names of 

farmers in my own parishor other Norman´French names which may be�察�

like   those   two   last�察  �in   Battle   Abbey   rolland   side   by   side   the   almost 

ubiquitous      Brown�察     �whose     ancestor    was    probably      some    Danish     or 

Norwegian       house´    carle�察  �proud   of   his  name    Biorn    the  Bear�察  �and   the 

ubiquitous Smith or Smythe�察�the Smiter�察�whose forefather�察�whether he be 

now peasant or peer�察�assuredly handled the tongs and hammer at his own 



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forge。     This   holds   true   equally   in   New   England   and   in   Old。    When   I 

search through ��as I delight to do�� your New England surnames�察�I find the 

same jumble of namesWest Saxon�察�Angle�察�Danish�察�Norman�察�and French´ 

Norman likewise�察�many of primaeval and heathen antiquity�察�many of high 

nobility�察�all worked together�察�as at home�察�to form the Free moners of 

England。 

     If any should wish to know more on this curious and important subject�察�

let me remend them to study Ferguson's ;Teutonic Name System�察─�a 

book     from    which    you   will   discover    that  some    of   our   quaintest�察  �and 

seemingly       most    plebeian     surnamesmany        surnames�察     �too�察 �which     are 

extinct in England�察�but remain in Americaare really corruptions of good 

old Teutonic names�察�which our ancestors may have carried in the German 

Forest�察�before an Englishman set foot on British soil�察�from which he will 

rise with the fortable feeling that we English´speaking men�察�from the 

highest to the lowest�察�are literally kinsmen。            Nay�察�so utterly made up now 

is   the   old   blood´   feud   between   Norseman   and   Englishman�察  �between   the 

descendants of those who conquered and those who were conquered�察�that 

in   the   children   of   our   Prince   of   Wales�察  �after   800  years�察  �the   blood  of 

William of Normandy is mingled with the blood of the very Harold who 

fell at Hastings。      And so�察�by the bitter woes which followed the Norman 

conquest   was   the   whole   population�察  �Dane�察  �Angle�察  �and   Saxon�察  �earl   and 

churl�察    �freeman     and    slave�察   �crushed     and   welded      together    into   one 

homogeneous   mass�察  �made   just   and   merciful   towards   each   other   by   the 

most   wholesome   of   all teachings�察  �a   munity  of   suffering�察�and   if they 

had been�察�as I fear they were�察�a lazy and a sensual people�察�were taught 

       That   life is not   as   idle ore�察  �But heated   hot   with   burning   fears�察�And 

bathed in baths of hissing tears�察�And battered with the strokes of doom To 

shape and use。 

       But how did these wild Vikings bee Christian men�拭                   �It is a long 

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